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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paz, who is most fascinated by death?
(a) The infant.
(b) The youth.
(c) The old.
(d) The dying.

2. What is the advantage of the North American view of women in relation to the Spanish view?
(a) It credits women with a cosmic role.
(b) It recognizes women's place in the world.
(c) It does not objectify women.
(d) It does not deify women.

3. What was the most radical period of the Revolution?
(a) The three months leading up to the revolt.
(b) The Cardenas Administration.
(c) The Obregon Administration.
(d) The Calles Coup.

4. When Aztec victims were sacrificed, why did their deaths lack personal meaning?
(a) They were at the bottom of the social scale.
(b) Their lives did not belong to them.
(c) No one was left to mourn for them.
(d) Any sacrifice to the gods was seen impersonally.

5. Why are woman considered inferior people?
(a) They are not as intelligent as men.
(b) They are too emotionally attached.
(c) They are not as reticent as men.
(d) They open themselves up in submission.

Short Answer Questions

1. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

2. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?

3. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?

4. What is Paz's opinion about the physical features distinguishing Mexicans from North Americans?

5. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?

(see the answer key)

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